The Suffolk Guild of Ringers for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Learning to Ring
© Stephen Pettman
Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
What's On
in the next four months
For full details please see What's On
June
Friday 24th
200th anniversary of Charles Babbage's proposal for a difference engine.
Saturday 25th
National 12-bell Striking Contest.Guildford
NE District Ringing Meeting.Southwold
SW District Practice.Stoke By Clare (6 bells)
Sunday 26th
Guild Management Committee.Zoom
July
Saturday 2nd
Ringing World National Youth Contest.Exeter
SE District Practice.Dennington
Friday 8th
Memorial Service for Don Price.St Margaret's Church, Reydon
Saturday 9th
NW District Practice.Wickham Skeith (6)
Tuesday 12th
Mid-week Ringing.Bures & Little Cornard
Wednesday 13th
Veterans Afternoon.Debenham
Monday 18th
150th anniversary of the the introduction secret ballots in Britain.
Saturday 23rd
George W Pipe Thanksgiving Event.St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
SW District Practice.Nayland (6 bells)
Thursday 28th - Monday 8th August
Commonwealth Games.
August
Saturday 13th
NE District Ringing Outing to Norfolk.
September
Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th September
125th Annual meeting of the Central Council.Nottingham Trent University
Saturday 3rd
NE District Striking Competition.Wissett
Tuesday 6th
500th anniversary of the first ship known to have circumnavigated the world.
Saturday 10th
NW District Practice.Elveden (8)
Saturday 24th
Guild 8-bell Striking Competition & Social.Offton and Offton & Willisham Village Hall
October
Saturday 8th
NW District Outing.Essex
NW District Annual Meeting.Stowmarket (10)